Tales from the Front (11) tells the story of Charles George Morris, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. A Private serving with the 1st Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment, he fell on October 13th, 1914, at La Bassee. He may have witnessed the first execution for desertion.
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Tales from the Front (10)
Tales from the Front (10) tells the story of Walter Henry Linham, a Bournemouth native who fought in the Great War. A sawyer, who served with the 1st Dorsetshire Battalion, he fell on October 13th, 1914, at La Bassee.
Tales from the Front (9)
Tales from the Front (9) tells the story of William James Franklin, Bournemouth-born, who fought in the Great War. A postman, serving with the 1st Dorsetshire Battalion, Lance-Corporal Franklin fell on October 12th, 1914, at La Bassee.